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Meaning:

Noun:

  • obsolete A commandment.
  • obsolete The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
  • The ceremony of feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the last supper.
  • The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.

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